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I finally got around to reading this and LOVED it. Such a huge cast of characters but each one unique. I do love a book that when you change POVs you get insights that change your initial view. I have to say though one man did a thing & Lord I stomped around the house desperate to murder the guy. Fictionally murder him but still.
If you havent heard of this it‘s set just before WW2 with a very extended family gathering for the summer ⬇️

4⭐️ I‘ve been dipping in and out of this one since early April. So many bookstagrammers highly rate the series. I enjoyed it but I wasn‘t absorbed in it. I could easily put it aside for other books. I enjoyed the summer life in the countryside full of the children‘s antics mixed with the grown ups‘ problems. The threat of war looms and yet life goes on. Eventually, I hope to get around to the others in the series.
Any other thoughts on the book?

Set during the lead up to the summer vacation of 1937 and the end of the summer of 1938. Meet the Cazalets: the Brig and the Dutch, their children and their children‘s souses and grandchildren. The entire family spends the summer together

You really notice what a year does in society, in the conversation and in the grandchildren

The day began at five to seven when the alarm clock (given to Phyllis by her mother when she started service) went off and on and on and on until she quenched it.

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I have finally begun my journey with the Cazalet family! Not at all surprised to report that once I was able to get a hold of the sprawling cast of characters, I was All About it. Really going to try to pace myself with this series, and make it last in 😏

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A playlist of all episodes in the Bite-sized Book Chat series: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU-61cZp1pQdBH5V0Zb9q-2ujl4PY8nhf

Chat #1: with Ruth from Southern California
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The Light Years by Elizabeth Jane Howard
(Cazalet Chronicles #1)

Chat #2: with David Hebblethwaite from Berkshire

Standing Heavy by Gauz

Just now getting around to my book journal, and thought I‘d share a pic. The following is an excerpt from PM Chamberlain‘s war address in September 1939:

“…For it is evil things that we shall be fighting against, brute force, bad faith, injustice, oppression and persecution. And against I am certain that the right will prevail.”

With every positive review on Litsy, I grew more curious. Now I‘ve finally read it! I loved this family saga which concentrates on the lives of the upper class Cazalet family in late 1930s England but also gives insight in to the lives of their servants and factotum. Reminiscent of books like The Forseyth Saga yet in a style all its own. 400 plus pages but it reads fast. Tagging those Littens whose reviews encouraged me to pick this up! Thanks! 😊

What a great book! I‘ve been in a reading slump or else I think I would have finished this one a long time ago. Instead of a long break in between, I‘m missing the Cazalets and their whole entourage already! I may jump right into the next one.

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Finally making some good progress in this one. It‘s so good!! Hoping to finish this weekend.

This is the first book in the Cazalet Chronicles, there are four more to go. Starting in 1937, it tells about the life of yes you guessed the Cazalets. The parents, then there children all married Edward, Hugh, Rupert and Rachel. Then we also meet their kids. Lots of family dramatic. I enjoyed and will eventually get round to getting the next book.

I am currently about half way through the Cazalet family story and enjoying it.

The first book in the Cazalet Chronicles introduces us to a huge cast of characters, but the beautifully written vignettes of each one means you feel you know them in no time. Perfect comfort reading with four more books awaiting me 📚

March is going to be a slow reading month for me. I might not be able to read more than one book soooo what better than a long family chronicle to be read at a leisurely pace. 🧡

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First of her Cazalet family saga, set on the eve of World War 2. Some memorable characters but it's the children who steal the show. Very enjoyable.

First in an historical fiction series following an aristocratic English family. This installment is set in the late 1930s, ending just before the start of WWII. Howard‘s writing is exquisite, & her character development is near perfect. (Photo taken where I finished the book - at a cabin in the Great Smoky Mts.)

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One of my future reading ❤

Bought this today for my Kobo. I'm in the mood for a book to lose myself in, and this also seems like a great summer kind of read. It's the long weekend here in 🇨🇦🍁 coming up and I've made a lovely 4 day weekend for myself.

#kindleoffer remembered Cathy gave this a really good review 👍🏻

Loving! ❤️

Diving into the Cazalet Chronicles tonight.
My loose reading goal for 2021 is to read off my own shelves. But I've already hit a snag. Do I go ahead and buy the next four books in this series?

#Litfortunecookie Thankyou for the tag @KVanRead @Birdsong28
First thing that comes to mind is an invention by some of the young cousins in The Light Years, who invent Wonder Cream ( a face cream with some strange ingredients, eggs too 😬) their enthusiasm is a pleasure to be around. Not sure I‘d like to try their cream though 😂.
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A comfortable read ... & then part of the story hits you hard. And the next war is always there in the background , menacing & upsetting. Great characters, consistently good... I‘ll start the 2d book soon.
My mask made locally 😷.. lots of protective layers. Stay safe everyone ❤️ its a scary time.

Saturday evening with The Cazalets... enjoying the book & the wine & waiting for the takeaway ... ☺️

Thoroughly enjoying this story of the Cazalet family ... on there summer hols in their country home just now , it‘s 1937.

Adding this to my #Weeklyforecast ... just starting by one of the first fires of the Autumn .. ☺️cosy

Really enjoyed the first volume of the cazalet chronicles which explores the lives of adults and children over the summer holidays of 1937 and 1938, the innocence of children, the secrets and intricacies of the adult's relationships as well as the the threat of war was told in a skilful way flitting from one character to another's perspective often within the same page. Very absorbing and a series i look forward to reading for a while.

#20series20days @Andrew65 day16
Today i am going with a series which i haven't read but have meant to since i missed my reading groups discussion. Anyway it's a wet Sunday so seems a good day to try some 1930's English upper class family dramas with the cazalet series.

I bought Book 1 of the Cazalet Chronicle back in May after reading an article by Lucy Scholes describing it as perfect quarantine reading. It seemed like my jam, 1930s English manor house/country village life. But haven't gotten to it yet.
#20series20days.

First volume of the Cazalet saga. Light and pleasant style. A mirror of Victorian society at the gates of the Second World War.
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The hotel has a lot of books in its library - but most of them aren‘t in English.

My current reading ❤️😊

A bit Enid Blyton for adults in the adventures of the children and the descriptions of the lavish meals they have. The large cast of characters is mainly served well, I just wish she'd been a bit braver with Rachel, who is in a same sex relationship. I didn't expect it to be sexually explicit, it's not that kind of book, I just wanted it to be less about endless homesexual misery. Hoping her and her lady friend get a bit of happiness next time.

Starting a spot of lighter summer reading. I found the last three books in a charity shop and the first two I ordered from the library. I still need to quit buying charity shop books but I haven't bought any ebooks for a couple of weeks.

Book Club discussion on this book today, the first in a series about a large successful family living in England. It begins in 1937. A member of our group had been living in England for many years, and recently returned to live in our community. She adores these books and wanted to share her passion. It was made into a BBC television series. Lots of characters and multiple generations. Downtown Abbey like with a bit more bite.

First read (not audio) for 2018. Book Club meeting on Tuesday. Only read 10% so far. #firstinseries #thecazaletchronicles

Ho concluso la lettura del primo volume della saga dei Cazalet e devo dire che l'attesa di leggere il secondo non lascia sentire appieno la nostalgia che provo. Di tutti i personaggi ho amato in particolar modo e da subito il trio Sybil , Hugh e Polly mentre gli altri ho imparato a scoprirli pian piano e anche se mai a capirli ancora del tutto...

Che altro aggiungere ? Ah sì giusto: a presto Home Place!

Ecco la mia #currentlyreading accompagnata da due kaki su tre ( troppo buoni per resistere )
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Nuove letture 😍📖📚
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The calm, cultured, faintly ridiculous atmosphere of the "upstairs", where you take late-morning tea-in-bed & dress for dinners; & the frenzied pace of the "downstairs", where cooks plan elaborate meals well in advance, maids scurry around rooms before dawn to light fires, prepare tea, set out clothing; butlers shine shoes, set out newspapers & whiskey; groomsmen ready horses & dogs for the day's hunt.

The monthly library used book sale - Book Haul!!! Missing is: We were Liars as my friend grabbed it to read before I gave it to my niece!

All five Cazalet Chronicles books in one volume are on sale for Kindle today. I've only read the first one, but I loved it and want to read the rest of the series.

Does EJH's Cazalet Chronicles count for #ilikebigbooks? If you go for all 5 of these (and once you've started, why wouldn't you?) that's 2,000+ pages I think and 20+ years of one family's life. I love them so much. Polly, Clary, Archie and Miss Millament are my favourites. Perfect Autumn reading. Mind you, brilliant holiday reading too. They're reliable recommendations for me too - so many characters, there's something for most people. #booktober

Devoured the first volume of The Cazalet Chronicles and about to embark on the second! I don't usually read historical fiction but I loved all the characters here, and Howard's portrayal of childhood is especially impressive considering she wrote this in her 70s.